Window-sash



(No Model.)

M. E. REILLY. WINDOW SASH.

No. 457,010I PamantedY Aug. 4, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

MICHAEL E. REILLY, OF MONTESANO, IVASHINGTON.

WINDOW-SASH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,010, dated August4, 1891. Application liled December 16, 1890. Serial No. 374,890. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern/.-

Be it known that I, MICHAEL E. REILLY, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Montesano, in the county of Chehalis and State ofVashington, have invented a new and" use- `ful Vindow-Sash, of which.the following is Figure l is a vertical section of a windowV embodyingmy improvements, the sashes being closed. Fig. 2 is a similar viewshowing the lower and inner sash in full lines in the act of beingwithdrawn, and the upper and outer sash in full lines in its normalposition and in dotted lines in the act of being withdrawn. Fig. 3 is anenlarged cross-section through one side of a window-frame on the line 33 of Fig. l, both sashes being lowered. Fig. et is an insideelevation ofmy improved device, showing the lower sash as partially withdrawn fromthe guides and not yet disconnected from the sash-cords, and the latterbeing shown loose.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter F designates the ordinarywindow frame, in which are the upper and lower sashes U and L, which maybe supported by spring-pins or by weights and sash-cords S, as usual. Inconstructing this frame, when the outer casing C is put on its inneredge is caused to slightly overlap the inner face of the side bar of theframe, and into the corner thus formed is seeuredithe outer sash-guideO, which is of L-shaped cross-section and of one piece of material, theouter member B forming the blind-stop. The upper sash U is then tted tothis outer guide O, and it will be obvious that there is no crackbetween this guide and the blind-stop B through which Water from theexterior may enter, because the two parts are integral. The inner guideI is then put in place. This guide is formed of a plain strip, having asingle groove in which the lower sash L moves, and the web at the outerside of the groove forms the bead which separates the two grooves andcloses the inner open edge of the outer groove. The lower sash isfitted'to the inner guide and the window is complete.

At each side of the window-frame, and at a proper point near the topthereof, the inner guide I is sawed through 0n the arc of a circle A,and a pivot-pin P is inserted through the guide into the frameconcentric with this are. Near the bottom of the frame this guide issawed off, preferably on a bevel, as at V, the distance in the groove ofthe guide between the two cuts being a trifle larger than the height ofeither sash. This portion of the guide I will call the swinging piece W,

audit is of the same cross-section as the bal-` ance of the inner strip,which is secured to the inner face of the frame.

W'hen it is desired to remove the lower sash, it is moved vertically inthe guide I until it stands within the swinging piece WV thereof. Thispiece may be held in place by any suitable devices, (not shown,) whichbeing withdrawn the sash is swung inwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, andwithdrawn from the lower ends of the grooves in the pieces IV. If thissash is supported by sash-cords S, they are loosened by hand, as shownin Fig. 4, in order that the sash may be easily removed. When it isdesired to withdraw the upper sash, the lower sash is first moved to theposition shown in Fig. 2, and the upper sash is then withdrawn beneathit, as shown in dotted lines in that figure, or if the lower sash hasalready been removed the upper sash can be withdrawn still more easilyin the sanne manner. lW'hen the sashes are replaced and the swingingpiece is locked, the guides are complete and the sashes can move thereinwith ease.

By lapping the inner edge of the outer casing over the inner edge of theframe andseating the blind-stop B and outer guide O,which are integral,in the corner thus formed, water is prevented from passing by the edgesofthe upper sash, so as to run down behind the swinging pieces W, offthe bevels V, and into the room. By pivoting the swinging pieces W attheir upper ends instead of at their eenters, as heretofore, it ispossible to remove one or both of the sashes without opening the IOOblinds Q, and as their removal may occur in inclement weather this issometimes highly desirable.

What is claimed as new is 1. In a windowframe, the combination, with theframe proper, the outer casing secured thereto and overlapping the innerfaces of the frame7 and on each jaxnb the blindstop seated in the cornerthus formed between the inner faces of the frame and casin g, ot' theinner sash-guide having a groove, a section of this guide being movable,the upper sash moving between the blind-stop and the bead outside saidgroove, and the inner sash moving in the groove, substantially asdescribed.

2'. In a window, the combination, with the frame and on each jamb anL-shaped outer guide therein, an inner guide adjacent said outer guide,said inner guide being cut on the are of a circle and on a bevel atpoints distant by the height of a sash, andapin through said guideconcentric with said arc, the severed portion swinging, and the balanceof the guide being secured to the frame, of sashes moving in the groovesof said guide, substantially as described.

In a window, the combination, with the- `loer B forming the blind-stopand standing flush with the outer edge of the frame, the outer casing C,lapping the crack between these parts, an inner guide I, secured withinthe frame adjacent the outer guide, the outer web of said inner guideforming the bead between the two sash-grooves,a swinging piece W withinsaid inner guide, with a curved upper end, and apin through said upperend into the frame, of the upper and lower sashes U and L, movingvertically in the grooves of said guides, substantially ashereinbeforedescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownv I have hereto affixedmy sgnatu re in presenceof two witnesses.

' MICHAEL E. REILLY. lVitnesses:

J. H. SIGGERS, N. L. COLLAMER.

